The film opens as two men rob a safe. They get into
a
shootout with
a security guard. The guard is killed and one of the
robbers is
wounded.
The wounded man is imprisoned, while the other flees
to meet his
girlfriend
Erótica (Silva).They go by motorboat
to their deserted beach hideaway. Antonio
(Moreno)
lives with Erótica for over a year in
isolation, where they get
money when she walks into town to sell sponges clad in
a transparent
blouse.
Antonio's partner in crime José Luis (Rivero)
escapes and shows
up at the same island. Antonio welcomes him, but
Erótica
threatens
to leave if he stays. When Antonio leaves instead, he
nevertheless soon
returns wounded after a shootout with police. The sexy
woman nurses him
back to health. Antonio goes on a drunk binge and
orders Erótica
to sell the sponges in town to get more rum. In town,
a man tries to
rape
her but José Luis comes to her rescue.

Erótica no longer loves her lazy and moody
boyfriend
and flirts
with the equally hot José Luis. The love
triangle gets played
out
in violence. José Luis beats off Antonio, after
he threatens to
kill Erótica. Filled with rage, Antonio goes
into town and
shoots
a shopkeeper who tries to stop him from stealing his
rifle. For the
first
time, the locals cooperate with the police and tell
where the hideout
is.
Commander Hernández goes there with two other
policemen.

This is the last film from director/actor Emilio
Fernandez
in a career
that spans 60 years. He's considered an important
figure in Mexican
cinema,
if not the most important. He was a regular in Sam
Peckinpah's films.

Fernandez' Eróticasets a sensual
mood. The
two men
have great bods and don't wear shirts, while
Erótica is always
alluring.
The dialogue is sparse, the photography is gorgeously
scenic with lots
of picture perfect postcard shots of waves bouncing
off the rocks, the
sun setting, and of the glistening sand on the idyllic
beach. The
lesson
learned is that living in paradise with your lover can
also become a
drag.
But the dialogue as sparse as it was, was still
unbearable and the
fight
scenes seemed unreal. It was only Rebeca Silva's
passion that kept the
beach sizzling and the screen hot.